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Nov. 20 1923. 11,474,96)1

C. A. FOSTER Patented Nov. 2%, i923.

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CHARLES A. FOSTER, OF BALTIMORE, HLABYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NOELM'AN STRIPPY, 0F

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GAME.

Application filed September 26, 1921. Serial No. 503,122.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FosTnR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in games, and particularly tothat. class nown as ten pins, and has for its object to provide a gameso constructed and arranged that the same scores can be made as arepossible in a game of ten pins played upon a regular bowling alley.

The invention consists of the novel construction and arrangements of theparts hereinafter more fully set forth in the following specificationand pointed out in 'the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing,-

Figure 1 is a. plan view of my invention with the cover removed.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of Figure 1 with the coverthereon.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, and in which like reference numerals designate like partsthroughout the several views, 1 designates a box having a cover 2 and.hexagon sides 3. Secured to the bottom of the box 1, on the insidethereof, is a post, or pivot, upon which the disk 5 revolves. The saiddisk 5 is secured to the lower surface of the finger piece 6 and has an{aperture in the centre thereof in vertical :alignment with the aperture7 in the finger piece 6. The said finger piece 6 rests over and revolvesupon the post, or pivot 4; the yaperture 7 being sufiiciently large toallow the disk 5 to tilt slightly to cause the ball 8 to roll toward theholes 9 near the outer edge of said disk 5. The hexagon sides of the boxcause the ball to be thrown away from the edge as the disk revolves. Thedisk 5 is divided on its upper surface into a number of spaces 10 eachhaving one of the holes 9 near the outer edge, and some of said spacesare provided with two figures, some with the word spare and one figure,and some with the word strike. Each of said spaces represent the scoreas obtained by rolling two balls in a bowling alley.

Thus it will be seen that by revolving the disk 5 by means of the fingerpiece 6 the ball 8 will be thrown about and will eventually fall intoone of the holes 9, and the, figures in the space in which the ballrests represents the score that would be obtained by rolling two ballsin a ten pin game on a regular bowling alley and are counted the same.If a spare or strike is obtained, the figures count in the next turn inthe same manner they would in the second roll in a ten pin game on aregular alley.

It will thus be seen that by the use of my present invention the samescores are possible as in a game played upon a regular bowling alley,that is, from a perfect score of three hundred down to the lowest score.

While I. have shown and described the inner side of the box as beinghexagon the same may be of any other desired shape.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A game comprising a box having hexagon sides, a pivot secured to theinner surface of the bottom of said box, disk having a number of spaceson its upper surface provided with figures or letters and a hole in eachspace near the outer edge of said disk, a ball resting on the uppersurface of the disk and adapted to fit into any of the holes in saiddisk, and a finger piece secured to the upper surface of the said diskand having an aperture in its lower surface into which the said pivotprojects, said aperture in the finger piece being considerably largerthan the said pivot to permit the said disk to tilt when revolving.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES A. FOSTER.

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